Explanation: Back in 1787, more than 200 years ago, the United States of America didnt exist the way it does today. There were just 13 states, and after they gained independence from Great Britain, they had a very weak government. They struggled to s

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Herman Cain says he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He made the announcement a few minutes ago in Atlanta. Cain has been accused of sexual harassment and having had an extramarital affair. Cain called the alleg

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VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about George Washington. He was the first president of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1797. But he had many other accomplishments, too. He owned thousands of hectares

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1. Old tunes are sweetest and old friends are surest. 老调最甜美,老友最可靠。 2. She makes it clear that she doesn't like swimming. 她明确地表示她不喜欢游泳。 3. The constitu

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1 月 1日 古巴解放日-----Liberation Day (CUBA) 苏丹独立日-----Independence Day (SUDAN) 4日 缅甸独立日-----Independence Day (MYANMAR) 18日 突尼斯革命日-----Revolution Day (TUNIDI

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: The Signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia Many of the delegates at the convention in 1787 did not like all parts of the new document. Several even refused to sign it. Transcript of radio broadc

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. The United States became a nation in seventeen seventy-six. Less than a century later, in the eighteen sixties, it was nearly torn apart. A civil war took place, the only one

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今天我们要学的词是census。 Census, 是人口普查的意思。The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 population count in a remote Alaskan village on Monday, 美国人口普查局星期一在阿拉斯加一个偏远的小村庄正式开始

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196 国会通过布什关于慈善捐赠提议 Bush Faith-Based Charity Proposal Advances In US Congress Deborah Tate Washington 19 Jul 2001 23:30 UTC The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has joined a demonstration in Tokyo, protesting a series of security bills currently being pushed through parliament by the current Japanese government. Murayama has taken time to address the crowd of

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埃新宪法草案获公投高票通过 CAIRO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved the country's new constitution by 98.1 percent of votes saying yes to the military-backed charter, the High Election Commission (HEC) officiall

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埃及的伊斯兰主义者抵制宪法公投 CAIRO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The hardline Islamist group, al- Jamaa al-Islamiya, said on Monday it will boycott the referendum on Egypt's new constitution scheduled for next month. The group and its Develop

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CAIRO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi said he is still the legitimate president of Egypt in a prerecorded statement broadcast by pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel on Wednesday evening. There is no alternative for legitimacy,

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No one can be happier than Shinzo Abe that Sundays upper house election tipped the legislative balance in favour of lawmakers open to revising Japans constitution. 7月10号日本上院选举结果使立法天平向修宪派立法者倾斜,对此没有

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Beate Gordon 贝雅特戈登 Beate Sirota Gordon, interpreter of Japan to Americans, died on December 30th, aged 89 贝雅特希洛塔戈登,美国的日本翻译官,于2012年12月30日逝世,享年89岁。 DRAFTING a constitution isn't someth

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埃及人支持新宪法全民公决 CAIRO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Over 90 percent of Egyptians approved the country's new draft constitution in a referendum, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday, citing preliminary results. Vote counting was

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Ally Kerr是来自苏格兰的Indie pop乐队(也是主唱的名字),融合了苏格兰传统民谣和清新独立流 行风格,旋律悦耳而淳朴。 如此清新系的男声一向是小编的大爱,每每听到这样的声音就觉得生活

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For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered with transportation. The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition(反抗对立) Bangladesh Nationalist Party a

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俗话说春困秋乏夏打盹,不过天气越来越暖了,几场雨过后空气清新了,小草发芽了,花也一朵一朵地开了,你还要让自己春困下去吗?赶快整理行装(packonesthingsforajourney)踏青去吧! 踏青(ha

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